Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-10-08
THE GREAT FALLS ROUTE.
lhe Time Schedule from Assinaboine
to st. Paul-The Trip Made
in 314 Hours.


The Manitoba railroad announces
elegant day coaches and through
sleeping cars from st. Paul and Min
neapolis on the following schedules:
leave st. Paul Except Saturday, $50
p. M; Minneapolis, $40 p. m.; Fargo,
sos a. M; Grand Forks, 11:55 a. M;
Larimofae, 1:30 p. NJ; Devils Lake,
4.35 p. M; Minot, 1915 p. M; Buford.
(mountain time) 7:55 a. M; Glasgow,
4:45 p. M; Dawes, LOS a. M: ASSN
aboine, 2:45 a. m.
The schedule from Assinaboine to
st. Paul is as follows: A~ssinaboine,
Except Friday, mountain time) lbs
p. M; Dawes, Los a. m.; Glasgow,
9:45 a. NJ; Buford, GAO p. M; Minot,
central time) 5 q. m; Devils Lake,
1850 a. m; Larimore, 2:15 p. m.;
Grand Forks, 4 p. M; Fargo, s p. M;
Minneapolis, 6:25 a. M; st. Paul, 7
a. nj.
It appears from the above that the
trip from st. Paul to Assinaboine will
be made in 3o4 hours or 81 hours
actual time. Allowing five hours for
the 10 miles from Assinaboine to
Great Falls. the journey would be
made to this city in 3611 actual time.
The passenger who leaves st. Paul,
Monday evening will arrive here
about eight o'clock on Wednesday
morning. This hour will be con-
venient for business men and for the
mails. The train for st. Paul will
leave here about 6 p. m.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC JOINING TO TIME.
The Northern Pacific has announced a
reduction in the livestock rates from the
east and is also preparing to furnish So
These changes are brought about by the
the beginning of interesting developments
of this character. The general freight
tariffs already announced by the Mantle
ba are much lower than those of the
Northern Pacific to common points.
FREIGHT RATES.
General Freight Agent, A. L.. Mohler
of the Manitoba was at Fort Benton q few
days ago and quoted the following rates
on freight from St. Paul Or Duluth to
Benton: Glass /, S1.7a per 100 lbs; class
2, $1.47; class 3, $1.22; class 4, $104; class
5, 94c; class A, sSc; class B, IS; class C,
69c; class D, SOC: class E, Acc; horses and
mules, per car, 1928; cattle, hogs and
sheep, per car, east bound, $113; west
bound to the middle of November, % per
cent off; lumber, per car load, SOC per
cwt.; salt, cement, lime and stucco, per
car load, SOC per cwt.: flour, grain and
mill stuffs, per car load, roc per cwt.; coal.
per carload, 5000 per ton.
The important trestle work on the Man
itoba is four miles west of Minot. 1t is
1000 feet in length and crosses Grossman
coulee ITO feet above a small stream flow
ing between high table-lands.
Capt. Barr, an old-tine Missouri river
steamboat man, has been appointed local
agent of the Manitoba at Fort Benton.
The appointment is very acceptable to the
people OF Benton. nearly every one of
whom know and esteem. the jolly captain.
The Assinaboine Stage Company has
concluded to turn over their express and
passenger business to the Manitoba r. r.
and their last trip was made this morning.
As the stage coach will soon be thing OF
the past, it is rumored that several of our
local jehus expectto blossom out as gentle
manly railroad conductors.-Rauer Press.
The good effects of the railroad are al
ready felt at Fort Benton. Murphy, Ma
clay & Co. announce choice Grafton flour,
as good as there is in the market, at So a
100 lbs.